ik sub.h-e-arzi thi ki pal men guzar ga.i
ik sham-e-mustaqil thi ki zalim Thahar ga.i
jalve ke izhdiham men kuchh sujhta nahin
nazzare ki havas men mata.a-e-nazar ga.i
yaaro ye kis nava-e-mohabbat ki guunj thi
dekho to saari bazm ko divana kar ga.i
un ki to ik ada-e-taghaful ki baat thi
mere to ḳhvab-e-shauq ki duniya bikhar ga.i
simTi to ek goshe men pinhan thi vo nigah
chhalki to ka.enat ko sairab kar ga.i
avargi-e-shauq men guzregi ab kahan
ik shab to mai-kade ki faza men guzar ga.i
jalti hai sar-barahna kaḌi dhuup men hayat
vo chhanv ahd-e-rafta ki aḳhir kidhar ga.i
marne lage ho shoḳh nazaron pe aj-kal
sanjidgi mizaj ki ‘nazim’ kidhar ga.i
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